Roberts jumper Alex Kosel impresses at Southern C divisional

LAUREL – Alex Kosel continued his strong senior season Thursday with a pair of wins at the Southern C divisional track and field meet at the Laurel Sports Complex.

Kosel set a new Southern C meet record in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 3 inches. That beat his PR by 0.75″ and increased his Class C lead to a full foot heading into the State C meet next week. The old record was 22-01 1/2 set by Greg Stene of Columbus in 1977. Kosel trails only Forsyth’s Paul Johnstone and Billings West’s Teddy Krogh in Montana this season.

Kosel also won the high jump Thursday, clearing 6-02. The defending state champion leads Class C this season as the only athlete to clear 6-04. Kosel is second in the Class C triple jump rankings with a 43-02 mark, behind only Melstone’s Brody Grebe (44-02).

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Kosel finished second in the State C long jump in 2017, and third in the State C triple jump.